*okay. So here's the deal, this is my first songfic. But
after reading so many of them I had to try one out so if this is really bad I'm
really sorry. The song is called Cool on Your Island and it was written by Tori
Amos only the best singer in the entire world and my idol. If any of you are
familiar with her work, most recently Strange Little Girls I'm sure you all
agree and if you don't then… anyway it is on an album called Why Kant Tori Read
and it's extremely hard to find. I've never actually heard the song only read
the lyrics so I'm assuming it's a piano solo like many of Tori's other works.
I've been wanting to do this for awhile now, and so here it is.*

*oh P.S. for those of you who don't know Magic Knight
Rayearth doesn't belong to me, nor does Cool on Your Island, they belong to the
wonderful women of CLAMP and Tori Amos. Oh by the way I love you Agent Orange!
(no not the chemical, this is a person, a very special person to anyone who
knows what I'm talking about)*

Italics= Song Lyrics

Cool On Your Island

Umi sighed
slightly. They had been in Cephiro for a week now, for winter vacation. They
still had another week until school began again. She wasn't sure she could wait
another week. It was so lonely here. Fuu was out with Ferio in the gardens, and
Hikaru was with Lantis exploring the castle. She was where? Here in her room
like she had been the past week.

"Great," she muttered and then
decided that she was going out whether she felt like it or not. It was a
beautiful night, and she was going to enjoy it. She grabbed her CD player and
put the headphones over her ears as she dashed out of the castle and walked
down to the shore. She hit play and turned the music up so the only thing it
didn't drone out was the gentle waves crashing on the sand. She listened to the
beautiful piano solo and heard the sweet voice she had grown so accustomed to
hearing. The same sweet voice that sang of the pain she felt now.

§§§~~~

He watched her from the terrace and
knew what she was feeling. He could see her expressions twisted in pain and
loneliness. He knew what she felt, he could relate. He had felt the same thing
time and time again, every time she left Cephiro… every time she left him. Why
didn't he just go down there and tell her? Tell her what he felt, but he
couldn't. He wasn't brave enough. Then he saw a tear slip down her cheek,
"Umi…"

§§§~~~

She agreed with everything this
song was saying. She agreed with everything; she understood. She could relate.
Her tears splashed onto the blue CD player, and she laughed weakly wiping them
off. She knew the others never saw her like this; they always saw her as
invincible, untouchable…

If you don't treat me better

Baby I'll just run away

Baby I don't know what drives
you

To play all these silly games

She just wanted him to say that he loved her. She
wanted to believe he did. After all, after the second time she had returned he
had spent so much time with her. They had talked and laughed together, shared
everything. Caldina even teased him that his new form was for her. But
then…Caldina had said the same thing to Ascot. A smile curved on her lips as
she dried her tears and looked back to the ocean; she liked his new form. He
was taller than her. She laughed and stood; she could hide it and pretend it
wasn't there. She could stay her bright cheery self when they were around, for
them she would…

C'mon baby

I'm much stronger than you know

Sometimes

I'm not afraid

To let it shw

"Umi-chan!" Hikaru shouted excited as she jumped on
Umi's bed waking her up.

Umi sighed, it was better than being alone again,
"Okay." She agreed, and Hikaru smiled.

"Great!" she jumped up and began to drag Umi out of
her room.

Umi laughed and shut the door behind her. As they
did Clef walked down the hallway. He addressed them, and Umi looked at him
wistfully as Hikaru drug her away. He gave her a sympathetic glance, and she
looked down…

When will you wake up

I want you more than the stars

And the sun

She sighed, he would never understand, never accept
her.

"Why the long face?" Ascot teased walking beside the
two.

"Ask this creation, really, whoever got this idea
for a party needs to remember not to tell Hikaru next time," Umi muttered, and
Ascot laughed.

They both knew that she didn't care for him that
way, and it was a mutual unspoken agreement to keep it at a friendship.

"I heard that!" Hikaru informed her.

"You were supposed to," Umi retorted, "See you
tonight Ascot," Umi said goodbye as Hikaru drug her into Persea's room.

No, she thought, he was the untouchable one. He's
the one who's off on his own island somewhere, so untouchable. Even if I could
reach him he'd banish me, push me away. A child disturbing his silence, I'm
nothing more.

She was thinking when Persea drug her off the bed
and into her large walk in closest. She came out blinking at her reflection.
The dress she wore looked stunning on her. It came down to her ankles with an
extremely short train and had only four spaghetti straps, two on each side, to
hold it up. It accented her blue eyes and hugged her in all the right places.
Her milky skin looked flawless against the dress' light blue, almost sky like
coloring. Her light blue hair matched the dress almost perfectly and it lit up
her dark blue eyes. Caldina and Persea managed to pull her hair into a bun
before putting glitter around her eyes and putting two navy blue sticks through
the bun and curling a few strands of hair that hung down. They put a small
silver chain around her neck with a tiny sapphire Dragon attached to it, and
then put small sapphire studs in her ears before handing her a pair of navy
blue high heeled sandals. When she had them on they handed her a light blue
scarf that matched her dress and put it in the crooks of her elbows. She spun
around looking at herself in the mirror. She looked stunning, "Wow," she
whispered, and Caldina and Persea beamed.

"We're genius' right?"

"Right," Umi nodded and thanked them as Hikaru and
Fuu emerged from the closest looking almost as good as Umi.

Hikaru's long red hair was crimped slightly and fell
down her shoulders, there were a few pins in it that sported rubies, but that
was all that was needed. Her dress came up only a bit higher than her knees and
hugged close to her body. There was only one spaghetti strap on each side. Her
sandals were slightly lower than Umi's but were deep red almost the color of
her eyes. She wore a ruby bracelet and a gold necklace with a ruby Wolf on it. She was blushing slightly.

Fuu was wearing a long dress that was slightly
looser than Umi's but still showed her perfect figure. It was light green and
had dark green designs around the trim. Her shoes barely showed, but Umi saw
that they were low heels dark green almost black in color. Her hair was pulled
into a loose pony tail making it look shorter than normal, and she was
surprised to see she wasn't wearing glasses. Contacts, she thought
subconsciously, where had she gotten them at? She looked down and saw the only
piece of jewelry that Fuu wore was a silver necklace with an emerald Griffin on
it. Her eyes were full of love and anticipation of the evening spent with Ferio

As they walked into the ballroom Umi suddenly grew
self-conscious. Everyone was staring at the three girls that had just entered,
and she could feel Caldina and Persea, (now elegantly dressed as well) pushing
them into the room. Quickly Ferio and Lantis pulled Hikaru and Fuu away, and
Umi was left alone in the corner looking around.

§§§~~~

He saw her eyes searching the room. He didn't even
notice them enter until everyone turned to stare. Then his eyes met her; she
was stunning. Everything about her was perfect.

He watched her look around for something, what was
she searching for? She looked so alone, so vulnerable just then. She met his
eyes and blushed then looked away. He looked down, why did she always do that?

§§§~~~

She hoped she wasn't caught. Did he notice her? Did
he see her now? Did he see in her eyes what she wanted him to understand? She
wanted him to, but she couldn't say it, couldn't bring herself to say those
words…

I got a brand new dress babe

Could it make you wanna try

"Would you like to dance?" she looked at the man in
front of her and smiled graciously. She didn't know anyone here, but she wasn't
about to let that get to her. She was going to enjoy herself, and this feeling
wasn't going to stop her. That's what you always say, her mind told her, and
she told it to shut-up.

§§§~~~

He scowled at the man. No one should be able to
touch her. He then saw the pain in her eyes, the sadness. She could hide it
from them, but not from him. He wanted to ask her what it was from, why she
looked like that, but she had stopped coming to see him. She had strayed from
him, and he wasn't sure why…

I guess I didn't want to notice

The stars gone

From your eyes

§§§~~~

As the man let her go and the song ended Umi thanked
him and got something to drink. As a new song began to play she escaped onto
the terrace to look at the night and be alone. Enjoying her solitude she smiled
at the stars and took a sip of the juice in her hands…

C'mon baby

I'm much stronger than you know

Sometimes

I'm not afraid

To let it show

§§§~~~

She was so angelic standing there looking at the sky
he almost didn't want to interrupt. Slowly he walked out and cleared his
throat.

She turned and smiled at him, "Hello."

"Hi," he said weakly and came to stand beside her,
"Why aren't you inside with the others?"

"I wanted to enjoy the night," she said never
looking at him, "And the night is outside, not in there, at least for me…"

When will you wake up

I want you more than the stars

And the sun

But I can take only so much

Cool on your island

Is it cool on your island

"Oh," he said softly.

"Why aren't you inside?" she was determined to keep
him with her as long as she could.

"I wanted to talk to you," he responded, and her
heart fluttered, "You never come and see me anymore. I was wondering what was
going on."

She grimaced, "Oh nothing." Just tell me, she begged
him subconsciously just tell me that you love me, please. I would do anything,
just to hear that. She knew she was just living a fantasy though…

We could buy an airplane

Build a home in the sand

You could tell your secrets

I could understand

"Well then…" he turned, but she didn't want him to
go…

But then by the morning

Comes crumblin' down

And as your leavin'

Wait

"Clef don't go," he turned and saw her pleading
eyes, "There is something."

He walked back and put a hand on hers. She looked at
their hands for a minute trying to decide what to tell him to make him stay, "I
think…" she choked on her words…

When will you wake up

I want you more than the stars

And the sun

"Who's hurt you like this Umi?" he put a thumb to
her cheek and pushed a strand of curled hair out of her face, "Who made you so
sad?"

But I can take only so much

Cool on your island

You're so cool on your island

Is it cool on your island

"I think I'm sad because I've fallen in love, with
someone…someone who doesn't love me back," she said quietly, and his heart
broke.

"Who?" he whispered, and she smiled at him sadly

"You," she turned and walked back into the room.

He stood there stunned for a minute, not daring to
breathe let alone move. Did she just say what he thought she did? What are you
waiting for?! His mind demanded him. Go back and tell her!

He caught Umi's wrist as she walked back into the
room, and that intoxicating piano solo filled her ears. He said a spell, and
she stared stunned as she heard the familiar music begin to play…

If you don't treat me better

Baby I'll just run away

If you don't treat me

One day

You'll wake up cold

Then you'll know

You'll know

You'll know

You love me

He put his arms around her waist as she spun in his
arms.

"Did you do that?" she asked not even realizing
their position.

"I took the liberty of borrowing it from your room,
and I do know Umi, I do know," he whispered.

"Know what?" she stumbled.

"I know that I don't want to wake up another morning
without you. I know that I love you," he whispered and bent in and kissed her.

After a minute of numbness she realized what was
happening and kissed him back. They didn't even realize the people in the room
cheering for them until the broke away from their world. He had brought her to
his island, and she knew he would keep her there, forever in his arms.

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